What's Cooking Wednesday: Blogger Aid Cookbook Recipe - You Decide!

The rules for submission are that you can post ABOUT the recipe on the blog, but you can't post the recipe.

I really struggled with what to choose. First of all, I've been sick, sick, sick with one thing or another since early January and my cooking production is not what it usually is. Second, for a whole variety of foods, there are other bloggers who would blow me out of the water - not that this is a competition, but I just would feel... out of my league. Entirely. And I'm going to write about those bloggers tomorrow.

Finally, I realized that desserts would work. Especially healthy desserts that are low in calories and fat, but big on flavor. I do those well.

So I leave you with two choices:

The first is Bittersweet-Banana Power Muffins:

Imagine your house smelling of melted chocolate and rich banana. Imagine cheating on your diet for breakfast (or dessert). Imagine a complete meal of whole grains, fruit and protein and anti-oxidants in a delicious, chocolate muffin. Imagine the whole thing coming in at under 150 calories and under 5 grams of fat.

Imagine biting into a burst of Middle Eastern flavors. Imagine the delicate smell of orange flower water and the tart goodness of dried apricots mixed with the salty goodness of pistachios. Imagine the delicate crunch of this biscotto, which uses a secret ingredient for a slightly different, more delicate texture. Imagine a perfect accompaniment to that morning cup of coffee that won't even put a scratch in your calorie budget. Imagine biting into Spring.

Imagine... Orange-Pistachio-Apricot Biscotti.

Okay, gang, what I submit is up to you. Please just leave a comment below, and that recipe will (hopefully) become part of the history that is Children Are The Future Cookbook. Please leave your votes in the comments section.

And while you're at it, don't forget my Blogger Aid Give-away. Do a good deed and be entered to win a good book!

Jenn, Widney, Oh, Lola and Thalia - thanks so much for weighing in. It looks like biscotti it is, unless I get some other trends going...

And yes, Thalia and Charity, as long as the biscotti recipe goes in the cookbook, I'll be happy to send out the other. But I'm going to wait a couple more days. ;-) And Thalia, I developed it specifically because I had bananas that *had* to be used. ;-)

Meg, the muffins come in around 134 cals and 4.8 grams of fat, I think. The biscotti are about 60 cals with 2.2 grams of fat. These are both what I remember... two biscotti would be about the "fullness" equivalent of one muffin, so they're pretty darned equal.

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